Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-23
A FLY By NIGHT"
EXPERIENCE OF A CASH GIRL WHO
BECAME AN ACTRESS.
Why She wished to Leave the Counter
and DO on the boards - Her D"s"riP-
ttou of the Horrors oI The Road"
Selling .RarrniDs Again -
>Iss.iAl NssTlpSIsgulsIisaa

ttou OF the Horrors at The Road
Selling .Barrain. A.-i"
.SIscisI Correspondence
NEW YORK, April ls-ln a fashionable
dry goods store. Ia charge Of a bargain
counter" hespei up and Overlooking with
rich articles 1 was surprised the other daN IN
find Young girl whom had >een grow from
childhood Ia womanhond in that very sans
store She had begun her business career at
the age of To- and by the time she was i was
.killful and handsome enough To bc promoted
10 q regular place behind the counter As
"saleslady."
After she had served in this capacity for
some months 1 missed her from her usual
place and asked the saleslady next her wha'
had become of Lydia. Was She Ili'
Oh no, WAS the reply, with tn>S "t the
head: only too stuck up To slick To this busi-
ness She wanted a bigger place 1" show of
Der good looks and shes gone "n the
stage
On the stage
Finding her again at her old counter in
Sixth avenue asked II she would tell me her
experience on the stage. which she consented
70 do upon the condition that n" clew to her
identity should Lee given.
because" she ssid. Il should lo~e my sit
uatiun if it got out that have been on the
stage, Tor h"' one 4" 'ii'>'' i'"e '"'''e' "'''''
buy q thing OF ali eS-actress
one evening 50" t"id NE h'i "-S
I've lost five wears Of nav life, She bsgsn.
III caIie About IN TINS way '"s' N''
teen promoted io the counter father had IA
parslytic stroke which threT his ssrport en-
sirely upon m- While | vas racking my
hrsins TO find some meam of adding "a the
am, I earned nj the store met q girl knew
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